Harry Schwartz Eats the World » laws http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world Figuratively. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:17:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Supreme Court Fantasy League http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/supreme-court-fantasy-league http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/supreme-court-fantasy-league#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:17:00 +0000 Harry http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/?p=1321 fantasy-scotus

It’s not that I really want to play this, but I’m just so glad it exists.

]]> http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/supreme-court-fantasy-league/feed 0 Murray Hill Inc. Runs For Congress http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/murray-hill-inc-runs-for-congress http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/murray-hill-inc-runs-for-congress#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:39:32 +0000 Harry http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/?p=1270

Public relations firm Murray Hill Inc. is making a (satirical) run for Maryland’s 8th Congressional District.

The campaign’s designated human, Eric Hensal, will help the corporation conform to antiquated “human only” procedures and sign the necessary voter registration and candidacy paperwork. Hensal is excited by this new opportunity. “We want to get in on the ground floor of the democracy market before the whole store is bought by China.”

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The New York Times has a lovely interactive infographic detailing the proposed 2011 budget.

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When drawing up animal cruelty legislation, most countries apply extra protections to vertebrates, since they usually have more complex nervous systems than invertebrates. Cephalopods are an exception:

In the UK, cephalopods such as octopuses are regarded as honorary vertebrates under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 and other cruelty to animals legislation, extending to them protections not normally afforded to invertebrates.

- Wikipedia

Which makes sense, since they’re intelligent enough to open screw-top jars, learn tricks, and of course armor themselves with coconut shells.

]]> http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/honorary-vertebrates/feed 0 No Marriage in Texas http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/no-marriage-in-texas http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/no-marriage-in-texas#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:25:33 +0000 Harry http://www.blogonauts.com/eats-the-world/?p=864 A subsection of Texas’ gay marriage ban may have accidentally invalidated every Texan marriage:

“This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage.”

oops lol.

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